Jags' Maxen is first male Amerin pro sports ach to e out as gay - ESPN

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Jaguars assistant Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach major Amerin men's pro sports to publicly e out as gay, tellg he ma the cisn bee he didn't want to hi who he is any longer.

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WHEN GAY SAILOR WAS OUTED, HE FOUND HIS NAVY BUDDI HAD HIS BACK

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Before "don't ask, don't tell" was officially repealed for gay, lbian, and bisexual ary personnel 2011, a photo of a male Mare drag uld have land him hot water. "Lbian, gay, and bisexual ary personnel had been servg our untry for s whout receivg equal protectn, while transgenr troops are still prohibed om servg openly.

"As a gay man, I n relate to what is still the opprsive stigma of homosexualy. "Curnick, are you gay? I was alone at the time and tears, and I cid to e clean — y, I'm gay, I told them.

After I me over that fal hurdle, I began to live openly, and my life as a gay man flourished. This past sprg, bat trag before my ployment to Afghanistan, someone found out I was gay, walked up to me and said, "I'm glad I'm not ployg wh you, I wouldn't tst a fag wh my life.

JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

After beg oted om the U.S. ary for beg gay, she beme an early fighter for gay rights and a proment figure the nascent L.G.B.T.Q. rights movement. * gay military boys *

I grew up thkg that beg gay was wrong — that beg gay meant you f a stereotype. I'm gay.

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She had asked me many tim growg up if I was gay, but beg aaid of who I was, I never uld adm . There, stctors and fellow trae nstantly threw homophobic slurs around. I distctly remember one day when an stctor said, "Oh look at those faggots, " and then turned to sayg, "Wa, 's OK to be gay, YOU jt n't be gay.

This prolonged my life the closet and I uld not be seen as gay to the rt of my class.

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It's where I me out, and I learned to live an open life and grow as a gay man. I feared I would be rejected by people I once was iends wh, terrified that the learship above me would look at me as ls of a man, or that any acplishment I have will be attributed to me beg gay, and not my mer. In fact, some of the most volly homophobic people end up beg my biggt supporters.

I want to be the gay man that I wish I met when I was younger.

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Jags' Maxen is first male Amerin pro sports ach to e out as gay - ESPN.

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